Planning application
Quarkhill Farm, Stogumber Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4BJ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application to fell one lime tree, one alder and 3 ash trees and to carry out management works to 3 oaks, one ash, one goat willow tree and one sweet chestnut tree included in West Somerset District (Stogumber 1993) Tree Preservation Order T/3/81. (Additional removal of dead trees and branches included in the application does not require permission)
As published by the council, reference T/07/23/002
Application record
- Reference
- T/07/23/002
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order - works related
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 28 Sep 2023
- Validated
- 28 Sep 2023
- Decided
- 20 Nov 2023
- Ward
- Dunster
- Parish
- Crowcombe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TA4 4BJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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T/07/25/004 Decided
Quarkhill Farm, Stogumber Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4BJ
Works to trees
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3/07/24/002 Granted
Quarkhill Farm, Stogumber Road, Crowcombe, TA4 4BJ
Internal reinstatement works following an escape of water which has affected various rooms on the ground floor (retention of part works already undertaken)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Sep 2023
Received by Exmoor National Park
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20 Nov 2023
Decision issued: Grant
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19 Aug 2026
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Agent on file, registered in Somerset
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Exmoor National Park granted permission on 20 November 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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